Improvement in instrument for faring- horses  hoofs



iulted JOHN TEMPLE, OF VAN BUREN,OH10;

Lmm 12mm No. 91,286, (lated Jane 15, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN INSTRUMENT FOR PARING- HORSES' HOOI'S.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, J @HN TEMPLE, of Van Buren, in the county of Hancock, land State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Instrument for Baring Horses Hoofs; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof', reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in the peoulia construction of an instrument for paring the hoofs of horses, bymeans of which the hoof is pared more evenly and with greater' facility than by thepld method of chipping it oli' with a small knife, and the danger of injuring the hoof is greatly lessened.

'lo enable those skilled in the art to which my invention appertains, to make and use the saine, I will proceed to describe it construction and operation.

Figure l is a side view, and

Figure 2 an edge view of my improved instrument.

A represents the handle, into which is inserted an arm, B, which is bent atan obtuse angle, ruiming in a. straight line for a short distance, and then bent again so as to form an arc of a circle, and terminating in a fork, b, in which is journalled a roller, 0.

A curved knife, D, is attached to the arm B by inserting the end d in a mortise in the arm, where it is held in place by means of a wedge, E, secured bya set-screw, F; the end l having a notch or recess which fits the end of the mortise. When thus attached, the point ofthe knife D is opposite to the roller C in the forked end of the arm B.

In using this instrument, the point of the knife is inserted at the heel, and the roller O placed against the edge of the hoof. The instrument is then moved forward around one side of the hoof until the knife reaches the centre of the front portion of the hoof, when itis reversed, and the knife again inserted at the heel, so as to out in an opposite direction, and is moved around the other side of the hoof until the knife reaches the point where the first out terminates, thus cutting a. smooth, continuous paring from the hoof; the breadth and thickness of the paring being regulated by the degree of pressure applied to the instrument.

Having thus described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

An instrument for paring horses hoofs, constructed and operating substantially' as shown and described.

' JOHN TEMPLE.

Witnesses:

E. T. DUNN, D. B. BEARDSLEY. 

